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Monday, October 8, 2012

Healthy Carrot Cake (with Homemade Frosting!)

I made this for my brother's birthday. He didn't know it was healthy until after he took a huge bite, grinned with a mouth full of cake, mumbled out "this is delicious!", and dove in to take another bite when I announced it.

Everyone was pretty impressed.

So make it, and enjoy every last bite!

Homemade Healthy Carrot Cake:

2 cup flour

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup applesauce

1/2 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

3 cups shredded carrots (Note: Use big carrots and grate on small part of cheese grater)

2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven 350Mix dry ingredients together and wet (wet includes carrot shreds), then blend together; slowly mixing them till fully combined.Pour in two 8inch pans or one 13x9. Bake 35 min for 8 inc, 40-45 in 13x9 or until no longer wet in center.Cheesecake Flavor Frosting:

8 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese

1/4 cup softened unsalted butter (you can't really get around this, you need the fat to create the whipped texture)

2 tsp vanilla

Powdered sugar

Mix together and add in 1/4 cup of powdered sugar at a time until desired texture is reached.